Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Greetings to all from Lebanon,

I will be playing along with my friend Mr. Bahsir Saade a Shakuhachi/Nay duo tomorrow, Tuesday March 23rd at 9:30pm, at Walimat in Hamra, Beirut.

The following is the Facebook page link:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103299063036537

Here is a text that illustrates the purpose of our playing.  (Text written by Mr. Saade).

"Across endless stretches of time, traditions of music form in separate corners of the world. They occasionally meet, and ideas are exchanged. These meetings take decades and centuries to give results, slowly transforming the receiving traditions. A tradition can be thought of a 'way of doing' that has become a habit. Musical instruments bear the marks of that particular way of doing, they are crafted to suit in the best way the slight acoustic nuances of these ways of approaching music.

Such instruments like the Shakuhachi and the Nay have seldom met, because they come from very distant places. The nay is a piece of reed from the Middle East, and the Shakuhachi is bamboo from Japan. Although very simple, their sound has a strong character as they came to represent in the most complex ways what they have inherited across endless time.

When KAMAL HELOU and BASHIR SAADE have made these these two instruments converse, they knew they were forcing the laws of time. They have found the first musical contact reserved, both the Shakuhachi and the Nay imposing sound clinging on to their traditional aesthetics. The Shakuhachi is sharp and focused, the Nay moving and warm. Yet the similarities were evident, both instruments having come to reflect similar ethical questions.

The impulsive improvisations of the nay have repeatedly crossed three traditional Japanese musical pieces (Daha, Shingetsu, and Sokkan). The result is three meditative encounters to share."

Hope to see you there!

Kyle Kamal Helou & Bashir Saade.

Last edited by Kyle Kamal Helou (2010-03-22 17:10:25)